Increasing fuel prices are a big concern for farmers heading into spring planting season.
John Yeley, who farms corn and soybeans near Marshall in east central Illinois, tells Brownfield sudden price volatility stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is making it difficult to decide when and if he should lock in fuel supplies.
“I priced a semi load of off-highway diesel about 10 days ago. It was $3.40 a gallon the night that I priced it and by the time I could get it the next day it was 15 cents higher, and I just couldn’t decide what to do.
